The BIG Ultrasound

Today we had our 20 week ultrasound and it was so amazing. Baby B is a very active baby. I was worried that he baby would be sleeping since it was early in the morning but there was definitely no sleeping. The u/s tech measured all kinds of stuff and checked that everything was "normal". She measured the skull diameter, circumference and looked at the brain. Then she measured the humerus (arm bone) length and the femur (leg bone) length. She also measured the circumference of the abdomen. Baby waved at us with all 5 fingers. She said that was a good sign because babies with downs will clench their fist. Then, she tried to get a good look at the heart but baby was squirming so it was tough to get a clear picture but then all of a sudden we saw all four chambers beating really fast. We also saw the stomach, bladder and the lungs. It was just so good to know that everything looked healthy. She also told us that the average weight of the baby at 20 weeks is 11-13 oz and Baby B weighs 13 oz. Already a little chunky like mom and dad :) Then, she said that she would look to see if baby B was a girl or boy. She got a quick look then baby moved again so she had to search again to show us. Baby B is all BOY. Sean and I are happy to know but we are most excited that everything is looks good and he is healthy. Here's some pictures of our baby boy.

His cute face

His cute face again

Pointing at us

Almost sucking his thumb

His little foot

After the ultrasound was complete, we met with the doctor and he said that everything was average and now is when you want everything to be average :) Also, in the last 4 weeks, I haven't gained any weight but the doc was OK with that too. He said he would rather see me gain less weight in the first half and more in the second half. If he's OK, then I'm OK.